Characterization of occult tethered cord syndrome (2001-2011)
Keywords:
Occult Tethered cord syndrome, Surgical treatment, Tethered cordAbstract
OBJECTIVE: The Occult Tethered Cord Syndrome (OTCS) is a relatively new entity with highly satisfactory responses to the operative treatment, consisting in filum terminal section. With this in view we accomplished a prospective study, in order to examine the more important aspects related to the OTCS.
METHODS: We studied 62 patients diagnosed and treated as themselves ages oscillated between the five thirty nine years. We analysed clinical manifestations and surgical results.
RESULTS: Predominated paediatric patients and female, although in adolescence were in the males. The more frequent manifestations were sphincter dysfunction, pain and muscle skeletal alterations. From the radiological point of view: in simple x-ray pondered spine bifida and scoliosis and presence of posterior filum terminal in magnetic resonance. We got improvement in 100 % of the sick persons with the operative treatment and almost disappearance of the manifestations in over the 80 %.
CONCLUSION: patients with OTCS have good outcome with the surgical section of the filum terminal.
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